Average first-year baccalaureate units earned decreased with each lower QR placement category, from about 27 units in Category I to about 20 in Category IV¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q2
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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Students in Category I earned significantly more units than students in other placement categories, with Category II averaging about 25 units, Category III about 23, and Category IV about 20. → Bracco 2020 q2 i? The gap between units attempted and units earned increased with QR placement status, from fewer than 2 units in Category I to more than 5 units in Category IV. → Bracco 2020 (2)

Evidence¶

Bracco 2020¶

Bracco, K., Barrat, V., & Finkelstein, N. (2020). Student progress under California State University's Executive Order 1110: A systemwide analysis of outcomes in 2018/19. WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED613408

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Observational analysis of full-year credit accumulation for all 59,790 students, with pairwise Least Squares Means tests adjusted with a Bonferroni correction. Category I students earned "significantly more than the average earned by students in other placement categories"; Category IV averaged about 20 units, a 7-unit gap.

"those placed in Category I earned an average of about 27 baccalaureate units per student during their first year of college, significantly more than the average earned by students in other placement categories"

Bracco 2020 (2)¶

Bracco, K., Barrat, V., & Finkelstein, N. (2020). Student progress under California State University's Executive Order 1110: A systemwide analysis of outcomes in 2018/19. WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED613408

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Same cohort-wide credit analysis (Figure 3). The report reports the attempted-earned gap "increased with QR placement status, from fewer than 2 units for students placed in Category I to more than 5 units for students placed in Category IV."

"the gap between the average numbers of baccalaureate units attempted and earned during the first year of college increased with QR placement status, from fewer than 2 units for students placed in Category I to more than 5 units for students placed in Category IV"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino students earned fewer first-year baccalaureate units than White and Asian students in every QR placement category in both cohorts — related
• Under EO 1110, students in QR placement categories III and IV attempted and earned more baccalaureate credits in their first year than comparable 'not college ready' students did in 2017 — related
• Within QR placement categories, White and Asian students earned significantly more first-year units than Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino students, with gaps most pronounced in Category IV — related
• Despite gains in credits and B4 completion, retention declines under EO 1110 were similar to baseline: 2018 Category III/IV students retained at the same rates as 2017 'not college ready' students — related
• First-year completion of the A2 and B4 General Education requirements varied sharply by placement category, with wider gaps in QR than in WC — related